Monumental
[mɒnjʊ'ment(ə)l] or [,mɑnju'mɛntl]
Definition
(adj.) of outstanding significance; 'Einstein's monumental contributions to physics' .
(adj.) relating or belonging to or serving as a monument; 'the use of the arch in monumental architecture'; 'monumental sculptures' .
Edited by Allison--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or suitable for, a monument; as, a monumental inscription.
(a.) Serving as a monument; memorial; preserving memory.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Of a monument.[2]. Memorial, commemorative.
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Examples
- Outside was a considerable yard full of monumental masonry. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The jealous care with which special information in trade and manufacture is guarded frequently renders it a monumental task to procure a single receipt or formula. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- This was a joke in that monumental record of British humour, _Punch_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The large blocks necessary for monumental purposes are generally obtained in this way, and before they leave the quarry they are usually reduced as nearly as possible to a rectangular form. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The incuriousness of the Roman rich and the Roman rulers was more massive and monumental even than their architecture. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was a silence during which the tick of the monumental ormolu clock on the white marble mantelpiece grew as loud as the boom of a minute-gun. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- This was so much her normal state, that Joe and I would often, for weeks together, be, as to our fingers, like monumental Crusaders as to their legs. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- What time Young John lay wrapt in peaceful slumber, after composing and arranging the following monumental inscription on his pillow-- STRANGER! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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